Container



L. J. SCHUIVIAKER.

CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED DIzc. 2, I9I9.

Patented June 1, 1920.

A TTORNE Y LORRAINE '.I. SCHUMAKER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoR To .TIIE- I AMERICAN PRETZEL COMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORAJ- 'lION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

CONTAINER.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led December 2, 1919. Serial No. 341,976.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LORRAINE J. SCHU- MAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Container, of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprises improved means providing a container in which a narrow strip of relatively rigid material, such as cardboard, forms an open frame, preferably rectangular, in combination with a transparent wrapper, preferably of glazed or waxed paper, which entirely envelops the frame and'is sealed, thus forming a structure having a top and bottom through which light passes and the contents are visible while hermetically sealed.

The primary object ofthe invention is to provide a container that is moisture, dust and germ proof; that is light, attractive and inexpensive, and that exhibits the contents while keeping them in a dry and sanitary condition.

These containers are especially desirable for food products, such as pretzels, the crispness of which it is desirable to preserve.

The characteristic features of the improvements are set out in the following description and the accompanying drawings in illustration thereoff In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a form of my improved container; Fig. 2 is an invertedplan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the construction; Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional viewv taken on'the line 4 4X of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a side view' of a modified form of the construction,'and Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6"--6x of Fig. 5.

The container illustrated comprises the narrow strip of card board 1 bent to rectangular form and having its ends 2 and 3 connected, as by a lap joint and an adhesive.

A transparent sheet of glazed or waxed paper 4 is wrapped on the frame and sealed, with the pretzels 5 placed regularly therein.

As illustrated in Figs. l'to 4 inclusive, the wrapper 4 is closed by a longitudinal double lap joint 6, formed on one face or side of the container and tucks 7 formed at the ends thereof, and overlapping said face` the joints formed by the laps and tucks being secured by an adhesive hermetically sealing the package.

A strip of paper 8 is secured on the side comprising the joint to provide means for exhibiting a label or design, if desired.

As illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the fra-me l has the transparent sheet 4 wrapped thereon, with the pretzels 5 therein, so that the double lap joint G and the extensions of tne end tucks 7 shall fall upon a side of the frame where they vare sealed, leaving the transparent faces or sides 4 unbroken and unobstructed, for the fuller transmission of light and exhibition of the contents.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. A package comprising a frame (formed by members connected so as to provide open opposite sides) having therein a skeleton shaped food product, and a. transparent wrapper inclosing said -frame and product, whereby said product can be seen in outline.

2. A package comprising a frame adapted to permit light to pass therethrough and having pretzels therein, and a hermetically sealed transparent paper wrapper inclosing said frame and pretzels, whereby said pretzels can be seenv in outline.

l In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of November. 1919.

LORRAINE J. SCHIIMAKER.

Patented J une I, 1920. 

